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[O'Callaghan]

Jock, the answer is no, not in US scout units when in uniform.

OTOH, one of the early scout commissioners in the UK was chief of clan Maclaren, and he gave his blessing for all scouts to wear his clan tartan, really so that boys without a clan tartan would not feel left out. This is an entirely separate thing from scout uniform rules, which of course differ from country to country.

Moreover, it is only tangentially related to the wood badge scarf with it's patch of Maclaren. Of course, you can't wear that scarf unless you have passed that badge, but any scout may wear a kilt in clan Maclaren tartan. The scarf and the beads are wood badge insignia. The kilt is not.

In Scotland, a scout may wear a kilt in any tartan as uniform, and in N. Ireland they may wear a saffron kilt as uniform. In addition, in any part of the UK, a scout of Scottish descent may wear a kilt in a tartan they are 'entitled to', including Maclaren, as uniform, and a scout of Irish descent may wear a saffron kilt.

So, hypothetically, being of Irish descent, if I went back to England and signed up as a leader I could wear a saffron kilt in scout uniform. The former is more likely than the latter. My wife does more than enough for the both of us!

ETA: I do actually own a saffron kilt, but the UK Scout Association 'recommend' a brown sporran, and I don't have a brown one.

I'm sorry I brought it up, really, as this has all been done to death before. I just intended to point out, knowing that unlike most Scots, Americans like to wear a multitude of tartans, that becoming a scout leader gives you one more choice, i.e. Maclaren. I didn't mean to imply that you could wear any of them with a US scout uniform. With perhaps some limited exceptions, you aren't supposed to.

[eaglemo]

Congrats! I have been in scouting for 50 years, a member of 3 different councils, and have held many positions on the unit, district and council level. I will be a scout until the day a die...and possibly after that! It is a great ride, get your leader training ASAP, because it will help you in many ways.
Yours in Scouting,
Eaglemo